Door-check



(No Model'.)

- P. PAINTER.

DOOR CHECK.

No. 464,079. Patented Dec. 1, 1891.;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER A. PAINTER, OF TITUSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

DOOR-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,079, dated December 1, 1891. Application filed June 6, 1391. Serial No. 395,310. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PETER A. PAINTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Titusville, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Door-Securer, of which the following is a specification.

- This invention relates to that class of door and window securers employing a chain for connecting the door or window and its casing, whereby the chain is adapted to serve as a lock for the door, and may be so arranged as -to permit of a partial opening of the door or window for the purpose of conversing with outsiders and yet prevent them from forcing an entrance.

The objects of my invention are to provide a cheap and simple arrangement for connecting the chain permanently to the casing and temporarily securely and adjustably to the door or window.

With the above objects in view the invention consists in certain features of construc: tion hereinafter specified, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a part of a door and its casing, the two being connected by a chain mounted in position in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail in perspective of the keeper.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In practicing my invention I secure to the casing 1 of the door by means of screws 2 a securing-plate 3, from the face of which projects an eye l. To the eye t is loosely connected the inner link of a chain 5 of proper strength, and to the free end of the chain I connect a pair of rings, designated as the .innor ring 6 and outer ring 7, the two being connected by a portion of the chain.

9 designates the keeper-plate, and the same is provided at intervals with screw-holes 10, through which screws 11 are passed into the door.' The plate is oblong when viewed in elevation, and is horizontally disposed when secured in position on the door 8. Fromthe face of the plate near the front end of the same there projects the enlarged butt 12 of a reduced horizontally-disposed tongue or keeper 13, which latter, aft-er extending parallel to the face of the plate for about two-thirds the length of the latter, terminates in an enlarged head or knob 14L A short distance beyond the end of the tongue 13 there projects from the face of the plate 9 a hook 15', the opposite sides of which are grooved, as shown.

over the end of the tongue or keeper and slid down to the butt-end of the same. It will now be evident that the chain is slack, and the door may be opened two or three inches for the purpose of ventilation or holding conversation with outside parties, and yet preventing them from gaining access by pushing the door further open.

Having described myinvention, what I claim is- The herein-described fastener, consisting of the securing-plate having an eye and a chain loosely connected to the eye and at its free end having an inner and an outer ring, a

keeper-plate adapted to be connectedto a door or window, a tongue or arm extending parallel to the plate, terminating at its front end in a head and at its rear end in a butt extending from the face of the plate, said tongue or arm being adapted to engage the inner ring, and a hook extending from the face of the keeperplate beyond the tongue and adapted to engage the outer ring, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER A. PAINTER.

Witnesses:

FRANK L. MITCHELL, JosEPH T. CHASE. 

